Rebirth of America, this is my era

Chapter 248 I swear!

Chapter 248 I swear!
Ethan admitted that when his sister suggested that the siege Vinton Cerf was facing might be related to Rockwell, his heart skipped a beat because there had been friction between them.

Although in the robbery transaction between Commodore and Rockwell for MOS 6502, Ethan only overturned Commodore's table, and did not act arrogantly due to concerns about Rockwell's military-industrial entity status, this does not mean that Rockwell is safe. Under the follow-up robbery of Goldman Sachs, Rockwell's stock price fluctuated and fell in the market for a long time.

Any normal person with a bit of temper would bear this grudge in mind, not to mention that Rockwell is currently the largest defense contractor in America. When these capitalists have run their companies to the top of the industry, once they lose ground in business competition, they will definitely try their best to get it back. Admitting defeat will make them lose their blood and make their competitors no longer afraid.

Especially those working in the military industry.

Ethan thought that no matter how much Rockwell hated him, they would not be able to retaliate in a short time because the two parties' main businesses did not overlap. But he did not expect that when the two parties were involved in fields that had nothing to do with each other, these guys would actually attack Vinton Cerf?

This revenge was something he had not expected, and it caught him off guard, and it made him -

Very angry!
"So what's going on over at Vinton?"

"Are those people heading for Vinton or towards us?"

As soon as he returned to Palo Alto, Ethan threw the key to his villa to Spielberg and Lucas, asking them to do as they pleased, while he himself went into his sister's house.

As he asked, Evelyn, who was thinking with one hand on her chin, pointed to the whiteboard in front of her. Looking over her shoulder, Ethan saw densely packed words.

Looking closely, the words connected with colored pencils are actually a mind map.

In the center of the map is Vinton Cerf's name.

On the left, it's Oracle, and on the right, it's Ethan.

On the top, it's DoD, and on the bottom, it's Rockwell.

There is a red line between Vinton Cerf and Oracle with the word 'Competition' written on it;
There is a blue line between Vinton Cerf and Ethan with the word 'Cooperation' written on it;
There are two lines of different colors between Vinton Cerf and the DoD. The red line says "hostility" and the blue line says "employment";
Between Vinton Cerf and Rockwell is a yellow line with 'Unknown' written on it.

In addition, there is a yellow line between Rockwell and DoD, which is also marked with 'Unknown', and a red line between Ethan and Rockwell, which means 'Hostile'.

When Ethan sorted out these relationships, his eyes narrowed instantly, because from the mind map drawn by his sister, the current attack on that was a premeditated attack, and more importantly, a -

"So you think this is a coincidence?"

Ethan stared at the whiteboard and said, "After we made Rockwell lose money, they conducted a detailed investigation on us and wanted to retaliate against us? Then they discovered the relationship between Vinton and you, and also found that Vinton's business areas overlapped with theirs, so they decided to take action against him?"

At this point, Ethan paused, closed his eyes and sorted out the relationship.

When he opened his eyes again, he continued, "But while they were doing this, Oracle's product suddenly appeared, so they took this opportunity to drive Vinton out of the DoD?"

This is his deduction based on the mind map.

As for why we don’t say that Rockwell may have contributed to the birth of Oracle?
First, Evelyn did not connect Rockwell and Oracle; second, Oracle's product was a plan before 6502. Before Larry Ellison and the CIA flirted, Rockwell had not yet started to tinker with personal computers, let alone think about getting chips! If they could have foresighted funding like this, why didn't they just take MOS in ?
Ethan's analysis also made Evelin nod her head, "Almost."

The next second, she added: "Because Vinton said that the ultimate goal of those people does not seem to be to kick him out of Washington, but to let him stay there and continue to do research. But at the same time, Vinton also said that these people's attacks will make him lose some of his right to advise on work, for example..."

“Which company’s products does the DoD purchase?”

Evelyn handed the documents in her arms to Ethan.

After a quick read, Ethan understood everything from the short but rich communication.

During Vinton Cerf's investigation, he found that the officials in the DoD were very ambiguous about his mistake this time. Although other scientific research teams continued to criticize him, the DoD was not prepared to hold him accountable because his long-distance data transmission technology was what the US military needed most at the moment.

According to anonymous assessments by technical experts, almost everyone believed that the TCP/IP protocol used in heterogeneous network environments could become a network standard. Especially after the rapid development of microcomputers in the civilian field, they were able to believe that the next decade would definitely be a decade of informatization.

In this case, whoever kicks out Vinton Cerf will be a historical sinner!
At the same time, those who can enter the Defense Advanced Research Projects Agency are not ordinary people. When some experts and professors show up and insist on cheering for the capital behind them, DoD officials do not want to offend them.

Thus, a compromise balance emerged.

DoD officials knew the background and needs of the troublemakers, and they also knew Vinton Cerf's skills and connections, so they had no intention of hiding anything. They gave information to anyone who asked them, and tried hard to sweep the war that had nothing to do with DoD out of Washington.

Thus, Vinton Cerf realized that many of his critics came from Rockwell. At the same time, he also understood that Rockwell's idea of killing him came from Ethan Jones.

When Ethan invested in Apple and became close to Steve Wozniak, the son of a Lockheed missile expert, Rockwell was very worried that his hostile relationship with Ethan would give Lockheed an opportunity to take away some of the defense orders.

after all……

Their main businesses are highly overlapping, and the most intense competition is in the manufacturing of combat aircraft.

more importantly……

Now everyone knows that Ethan Jones is a fucking lunatic!
After Ethan Jones was able to insanely take over Morgan Stanley's business, who knows if he would bear a grudge against Rockwell and wait to stab him and make him bleed!

Rockwell didn't dare to bet on Ethan's idea, so they decided -

Get started first!
To be honest, when Ethan finished reading the latest fax from Vinton Cerf, the corners of his mouth twitched. He never thought that Rockwell, the largest defense contractor in the United States, was afraid of him? Who would believe this?
At the same time, the detailed information also made his head hurt. If Rockwell was the mastermind behind the attack on Vinton Cerf, then this matter would be even more difficult to resolve!

"So what does Vinton think?"

Ethan put down the information and asked, "Does this matter have a big impact on him?"

Evelyn kicked one leg and turned the chair around, facing Ethan, and asked, "Oh Ethan, why are you asking Vinton? Don't you think this is strange?"

"What do you mean?" Ethan didn't understand.

"literal meaning."

Evelyn knocked on the table and said, "Although from the current information, the whole incident was a premeditated accident. Rockwell wanted to attack Vinton, and a product called Oracle happened to appear at this time, so they used Oracle to attack Vinton, but..."

"Rockwell's motives are somewhat flawed, don't you think?"

"Vinton said that Rockwell was worried that its defense orders would be snatched away by competitors, so it took action against him. It wanted to deprive him of his right to make recommendations on defense project procurement as a senior researcher at the Defense Advanced Research Projects Agency. But... I personally think this reason is outrageous."

Evelin stretched out her right hand and stroked lightly with her index finger.

"Because isn't Rockwell's biggest concern right now that their personal computer business can't be carried out? Although they said that the core purpose of acquiring Allen Bradley is to consolidate their leading position in the defense contracting field, they haven't given up the personal computer business!"

"When Rockwell repeatedly stated after the release of Excel that it would produce a personal computer product comparable to the Apple II before 6502, and expressed the confidence that it could do so as it owned the MOS patent, were they only worried about losing defense orders? Rather than the development of computers?"

"Do you think this is normal?"

“I don’t think it’s normal anyway.”

Evelyn stared at Ethan with a sharp gaze and said, "If you can't understand what I'm saying, then take another look at the fax that Vinton sent. Vinton wrote it himself. According to the evaluation of the expert group of the Advanced Research Bureau, they all agree that the TCP/IP protocol can become a network standard."

"I should have told you about this technology before. The core problem that the TCP/IP protocol solves is the problem of heterogeneity. Once this problem is solved, the company that enters the computer field first will have a huge advantage. Do you understand what I mean?"

"What?" Ethan was half confused and read the fax again.

After he saw the anonymous assessment written by Vinton, he finally understood what his sister meant!
Or maybe he remembered the history of Internet development that his sister had told him before!
The concept of the network actually existed very early. In 1969, technicians had already created the ARPANET, but the network protocol at that time could only be used in a homogeneous environment.

To put it simply, all computers connected to the network must use the same operating language and even the same hardware, otherwise long-distance connectivity will not be possible.

In order to solve this problem, Vinton Cerf and his team began to study heterogeneity. In other words, the original purpose of developing the TCP/IP protocol was to allow machines with different hardware and different operating languages to run in the same network environment and realize the true interconnection of all things.

Once Vinton Cerf has made all these things, the three U.S. armed forces, which will achieve information interoperability, will definitely purchase a large number of computers to allow their army to enter the information age.

In order to facilitate operation, their demand for computers will not be the large computers that IBM is tinkering with, but will definitely be more convenient microcomputers. When this fact appears...

Whichever company makes microcomputers first will have the opportunity to bid!

The company that does the biggest business will win the bid!

In this case, while Vinton Cerf and Apple had a close relationship...

Anyone with a bit of common sense will realize that Apple is likely to be the chosen one!
Although Apple does not have a network interface now, with Vinton Cerf around, everyone knows that this kind of optimization is easier for Apple than eating and drinking!
Not to mention, in today’s microcomputer market, only Apple has become a tool!

These are facts that the poor students in the computer field do not want to see!

Even though everyone knows that Apple cannot monopolize the market.

But letting Apple get the defense order first?
How can I fight like this in the future?
Who doesn't know that lunatic Ethan Jones can't spit out meat?

Who doesn’t know that the Rockefeller family, the ancestor of monopoly, invested in Apple?
"Oh Evelyn - you mean, Rockwell's core purpose in wanting to deprive Vinton Cerf of his purchasing advice rights is to deal with us?" Ethan expressed his understanding.

As soon as these words came out, Evelin immediately smiled and nodded.

"At least, that's what I think."

“Protecting existing orders is only their superficial purpose.”

"Their deep thoughts must be related to computers."

"Even if it weren't for the architecture of the TCP/IP protocol."

"Ohhhh—this—" Ethan exclaimed.

He didn't know how to judge his sister's thoughts.

But Evelyn's thoughts also reminded him of another thing.

It's not that "Alien" is being targeted now, but what Magnova and Atari did a few years ago when they wanted to launch home consoles first in order to seize the market.

At that time, Milova pulled out Nintendo and attracted his attention with the attractive market of notebooks;

Atari also ordered a batch of MOS 6502 and Apple II, using quantities that met arcade consumption needs to conceal its own R&D progress and desire for the market.

After these guys deliberately did something to compete, Rockwell attacked Vinton Cerf? Did Warner also take action against Alien?

“Eve—”

"Ok?"

"Do you think Rockwell and Warner have teamed up?"

Ethan tells the story of what happened to the film company in Los Angeles.

When Evelyn learned that Warner Bros. had even poached talent from Universal in order to prevent the release of "Alien," she leaned back in her seat instantly, with her chin in her hand.

There was a glimmer of smile in the eyes that looked at Ethan.

"I think the fundamental purpose of Warner's desire to prevent the release of Alien is to block the launch of our game and our home console. Because according to our public plan, the home console and the movie will be launched together after the game competition is over."

"If we block Alien, our console launch will inevitably be affected." "Especially when we have already promoted it and even negotiated cooperation."

"Yes." Ethan nodded and said, "I think so too."

"And in the process, Rockwell popped up again."

"And threw a smoke screen at us, saying it was revenge."

"When they want to attack us with legitimate reasons, if they have something to hide, then what they want to cover up must be a very outrageous demand, so--"

"Even if the means of attacking us seem reasonable, there must be something outrageous behind it."

At this point, Ethan paused.

They both turned their heads at the same time and looked at the whiteboard.

Although a lot has been written above, Oracle's product is still eye-catching no matter how you look at it.

"It just happened to happen." Ethan muttered.

"IBM published the paper in 1976, and Larry Ellison did not develop it until 1977."

"It's only been seven or nine years now, which means they have completed a journey that others have not completed in many years in just one and a half years? Even if you think they are capable, this speed is too fast."

"Especially when—"

"The CIA has not yet provided research and development funding."

At this point, Ethan turned his head away.

At the same time, Evelin also looked at him.

“Someone gave them money.” Evelyn looked serious.

"Who?" Ethan smiled.

“Check.” Evelin picked up the phone and wanted to call the old principal.

But Ethan pressed the back of her hand and shook his head, "Don't let Fred investigate this matter."

"Why?" Evelyn didn't understand.

"It's not something Fred can do easily."

Ethan said, "What we want to check is the bank accounts of Larry Ellison and his people, and the internal management system of California, so the former governor is the most appropriate person to come forward."

“There will be a general election next year and our former governor will definitely participate.”

"For this reason, I decided to give him a speech and invite him to be the host of the final of the National Video Game Competition, so that he can show his face in front of young people who have the votes."

"What he needs to pay is to reach out to the California state government and dig out the company registration information and all the bank accounts of Larry Ellison and his people."

"This is his private domain. He knows who is the most useful person to turn to and who will not leak the secrets."

"And if Fred..."

"He'll make the call, and then everyone will know."

Fred Terman is a BUG. He can indeed help Ethan solve the problem, but he makes too much noise.

Therefore, how to obtain information quietly is a science.

When Ethan called Thomas and told him his needs and gifts, the two men who were awake heard the sound of brakes around one o'clock that night.

Glancing down from above, the campaign manager that Ethan had met before appeared again.

Before handing Ethan a thick stack of information, the campaign manager asked a question:
"Ronald is willing to accept your invitation to serve as the host at future competitions."

"But at the same time, he wants to know one thing first. Will your Destiny game launch some violent games that might cause controversy before 1981?"

"No." Ethan understood what the other party meant and said with a smile: "The game "Starfield" tells the story of the war between humans and aliens, and our game next year is the sequel to "Star Wars."

“It will not have anything to do with real violence.”

"Okay, Mr. Jones, I think Ronald will be happy with this answer."

The campaign manager handed over a brown paper bag.

After untying and pulling out the thumb-thick document, the two of them quickly read it.

According to the existing information they have obtained, Larry Ellison founded the company in the summer of 1977. There are three founders, so there are three of them as shareholders.

Because there were no products and no sales, the company's public account at a local bank in California was very clean, with only a fixed living expense from the CIA every month.

But this situation only lasted until early 1978. In February 1978, the company's account received an external transfer of US$200,000, which led to a change in their equity.

This situation is normal for everyone. After all, if a startup wants to survive and has no money in its own pocket, it needs to seek help from external funds.

But for Ethan, this was a flaw.

Because the source of the funds is called Sequoia Capital.

The guy who provided the angel investment was named Don Valentine!
'Special!'

'This old Biden!'

As soon as the name Don Valentine appeared, flames burst out of Ethan's eyes!
Because he will never forget it in his life! When he just wanted to copy some games to make a little money and then play financial games to live a happy life, it was this old guy and Nolan Bushnell who robbed him!
At that time, Ethan swore that he would kill him no matter what!

But unfortunately, this old guy has been hiding for the past few years.

This made him very regretful.

Ethan thought that in this life, Don Valentine chose to retire and would no longer be around, but this guy actually invested in Oracle???
Got it!

This is simply settling all the new and old grudges together!

And when he raised the corners of his mouth and looked down...

He frowned when a restaurant in Texas invested another $200,000 in the summer of 1980.

"Do you know who owns this restaurant?"

Ethan held up the information and looked at the campaign manager.

“Why would a restaurant invest in a tech company?”

"I don't understand."

Ethan's inquiry prompted the campaign manager to glance at the bank's account book. Then, having already looked at the information, he smiled and said, "Mr. Jones, this restaurant is owned by Nolan Bushnell."

"..." Ethan was a little surprised.

Evelin also looked up in surprise.

The other party continued: "Not only that, this restaurant was bought from Steve Ross. As far as we know, Steve Ross and Nolan Bushnell should have parted ways peacefully."

'What the fuck? ? ? '

Steve Ross and Nolan Bushnell parted ways amicably?
Nolan Bushnell and Don Valentine invested in Oracle again?

Oh Sxxt!!!!!!

These guys are playing Mission Impossible with me here, right? ! ! !
Ethan laughed angrily.

He walked into the kitchen and burned the documents he had just read.

The campaign manager who witnessed all this decisively said goodbye, and after seeing him off, Ethan said directly to Evelyn: "Call Barbara and tell her I have a legal problem to consult her."

"If possible, the sooner the better."

"We can charter a plane to bring her back."

“Okay.” Evelin responded and turned to make a call.

Ethan leaned his hands against the window and looked at the starry sky.

Is Warner trying to block him with industry rules?

Rockwell wants to snipe him with a leading product?

what--

Come then!

There are no perfect rules in this world! There is no invincible product!
As long as it is man-made, there will definitely be flaws!
"Don Valentine?"

"Steve Ross?"

“Nolan Bushnell?”

"Pray!"